UniFi UNAS 2 and UNAS 4 1 Year Later Review When Ubiquiti introduced the UNAS 2 and UNAS 4 in September 2025, the company was attempting to bring its comparatively simple UniFi Drive storage platform into a pair of compact desktop systems. The UNAS 2 targeted smaller deployments with 2 HDD bays, while the UNAS […]

A New Pocket Travel Router on the way – The Mango 2 Revealed I have followed GL.iNet’s travel routers for years, but many of its recent models have become increasingly powerful, expensive and physically larger. The newly revealed Mango 2 (GL-MG1300) takes the opposite approach, returning to the small and relatively affordable format of the […]

The UniFi Memory Surcharges – FULL LIST OF PRODUCTS & PRICES These tables reproduce the Ubiquiti memory surcharge schedule supplied to partners for July 1, 2026, showing each affected SKU’s stated MSRP, surcharge, percentage increase and resulting price. Ubiquiti attributed the adjustment to volatility in global memory and storage markets, explaining that higher hardware-component costs […]

New SSDs for NAS Released by Sandisk – Too late? Sandisk has introduced 2 SSD families designed specifically for NAS use, covering both conventional 2.5-inch SATA storage and higher-performance M.2 NVMe applications. The SANDISK NAS 600 and NAS 800 series are intended for prosumers, creative professionals and small businesses using always-on systems for shared storage, […]

Synology DiskStation neo+ Series Revealed – Why the New Plus NAS Range Starts Cheaper but Still Upgrades Later Synology has introduced the DiskStation neo+ Series, a new desktop NAS lineup built around the same broad Plus Series platform but with a lower-cost memory configuration at launch. The new range includes the DS1825neo+, DS1525neo+, DS925neo+ and […]

Does Fygo OS deserve your data? Following my full FygoOS software review, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjEHKEMkf8, I wanted to put together a more detailed Q&A covering the questions that came up before, during and after testing the platform. These questions are a mixture of my own points from spending several days with the […]

QNAP has now listed the TS-262A and TS-462A, two new Intel-powered desktop NAS systems that appear to replace the older TS-262 and TS-462 in the value-focused x62 family. The headline change is the move from the older dual-core Intel Celeron N4505 platform to a quad-core Intel Celeron N5095, while keeping the same core idea: affordable […]

A New and Easier Way to Mod Your Synology NAS Synology’s gradual shift towards business and enterprise users has changed what some home, enthusiast and homelab users can do with DSM, particularly when it comes to 3rd-party drives, SSDs, network adapters, hardware transcoding and other unofficial modifications. Community-developed scripts have helped restore or extend many […]

UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber – Still Great Value 1 Year On… The UniFi Cloud Gateway Fiber arrived in early 2025 as a compact 10GbE gateway positioned between Ubiquiti’s smaller desktop consoles and its larger rackmount Dream Machine systems. It combined multi-gigabit routing, an integrated UniFi controller, optional M.2 storage and support for the wider UniFi […]

TrueNAS vs UnRAID – Which One Deserves Your Data? TrueNAS vs Unraid. Both can turn standard x86 hardware into a powerful NAS, application server and virtualisation platform, but neither approaches the job in quite the same way. More importantly, the question is not simply which platform has the longest feature list. It is which one […]

Xiaomi has now officially moved into the home NAS market with Xiaomi Smart Storage, a two-bay consumer storage box that is being launched in China through Xiaomi Youpin crowdfunding. The product is being positioned less like a traditional enthusiast NAS and more like a family storage appliance for phone backup, photo management, files, and home […]

10 WAYS that NAS is Getting Screwed Over the past 18 to 24 months, the consumer and prosumer Network Attached Storage (NAS) market has undergone a noticeable shift in design priorities, hardware architecture, and software accessibility. While broader industry pressures—ranging from component supply constraints to shifting manufacturing priorities—have introduced genuine engineering challenges, many recent market […]

Synology Release the RS1226+ 8-Bay Rackstation NAS Synology has now formally introduced the RackStation RS1226+ and RS1226RP+, its latest compact 2U, 8-bay rackmount NAS systems for small and medium-sized businesses, branch offices, communications cabinets and other deployments where rack space is limited. Released in July 2026, these are not intended to be large, full-depth enterprise […]

Beelink ME Pro 304 NAS Early Review The Beelink ME Pro is a compact 2-bay NAS and mini PC built around Intel’s newly launched Core 3 304 processor, a 5-core, 5-thread Wildcat Lake chip based on Intel’s 18A process. It represents a substantial change from the earlier N150-equipped ME Pro while retaining the same general […]

UniFi Travel Router UTR 6 Months Later Review When the UniFi Travel Router, or UTR, first arrived around 6 months ago, it was Ubiquiti’s first proper attempt at a dedicated travel router. It was a small, USB-C powered device designed to sit between your devices and whatever internet connection was available at the time, whether […]

HexOS is not dead, but the question in mid-2026 is whether it is moving quickly enough to stay compelling. In our latest check-in, the core concern is not that HexOS has stopped developing. It has not. The concern is that many of the changes since early 2026 feel like polish, alignment work and useful quality-of-life […]

GL.iNet Flint 4 First Look: What Has Emerged So Far I first saw the GL.iNet Flint 4 at CES 2026, but information about the router became relatively limited in the months that followed. GL.iNet has now formally presented the Flint 4, also known as the GL-BE14000, as an upcoming tri-band Wi-Fi 7 router aimed at […]

Which Beginner-Friendly DIY NAS Software Should You Use – FygoOS or ZimaOS? ZimaOS and FygoOS are both aimed at users who want to build their own NAS without moving straight into more technical platforms such as TrueNAS, Unraid or OpenMediaVault. They approach that goal in different ways, with ZimaOS leaning toward a simpler, lower-cost and […]

Samsung 990 SSD – The Future Consumer SSD Market? Samsung’s SSD range has become increasingly crowded, with the 990 PRO, 990 EVO, 990 EVO Plus and PCIe 5.0 9100 PRO already covering several different performance levels. The newly revealed Samsung 990 enters that line-up without a PRO, EVO or EVO Plus label, which immediately raises […]